[Bash-completion-devel] Bug#504010: bash-completion: syntax error

David Paleino d.paleino at gmail.com
Fri Oct 31 22:40:25 UTC 2008


forcemerge 502804 504010
thanks

Hello Noah,

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:04:02 +0000, Noah Slater wrote:

> Since an upgrade I am getting this in my .xsession-errors file:
> 
>   /etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
>   /etc/bash_completion: line 273: syntax error near unexpected token `<'
>   /etc/bash_completion: line 273: `      done < <( compgen -d --
> "$(quote_readline "$cur")" )'

This is a duplicate of #502804. It happens because you're calling bash
as /bin/sh, instead of /bin/bash.
A patch is present in #502804, if you want to call it as /bin/sh (i.e. if
you need POSIX compatibility). Either apply it, or wait for a new version of
bash-completion to be released.

Kindly,
David

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